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Restaurants in Barcelona

Opening Hours

Spanish people eat very late. Normally, they go to restaurants for lunch between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm in the afternoon and for dinner not earlier than 9:00 pm. Restaurants therefore mostly open their kitchen at 9:00 pm and close at about 12: 00 am. Nevertheless, due to the huge number of tourists who are not used to eat late, many restaurants in Barcelona start to serve earlier, especially around Las Ramblas and the Barrí Gotic.

Prices

Spanish restaurants very often offer three course lunch menus (menú del día) that include salad, plates and a drink for a low price (5-15 Euro). In the evenings prices are a bit higher, starting at about 15 Euros. Nevertheless there are restaurants in every price category.

Tipping

There are no fixed rules for tipping and local people tip very little. It is common to tip about 5 percent for a waiter in a restaurant. Leave the money on the table when you are leaving.

Restaurants

If you want to enjoy traditional food in Barcelona, you shouldn’t miss Agut. The restaurant offers Catalan dishes of every kind. You will find all sorts of people from all over the world there who enjoy cocas con tomate, escalivadas, foie-gras con espinacas and much more.

This Barcelona restaurant serves traditional Catalan plates. The peculiar architecture of the small restaurant and the excellent cold plates, salads, and of course catalan dishes (cocas, xató, esqueixada,…) are a good example of how to reach an impressive result with simple means.

Especially the numerous tapas are recommendable in this small restaurant in Barcelona. The clientel is young and diverse; you can enjoy numerous wines and drinks of every kind. Try the excellent pan con tomate with your tapas!

The concept of Living reminds of “diners” in New York or Berlin: also here in Barcelona they are open throughout the day offering breakfast, lunch and dinner menus. The modern interior of the restaurant and the good food are worth a visit. Enjoy the interesting combination of French, Thai or Arabic food with reasonable prices.

Pitarra offers classical dishes of Catalunya. The restaurant is in the mere centre of Barcelona's Barri Gòtic, a lively spot in the city. On first view, it seems to be just another retro-style restaurant with Catalan cuisine, but the delicious plates and interesting people are surely worth a visit.

The philosophy of this restaurant is not only to cook excellent dishes, but also to express feelings with their meals. The chefs, students of Barnard Bambassar and Michel Bras, surprise their guests with an excellent, creative cuisine in the nice ambience of this Barcelonan restaurant.